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Washington, D.C. - U.S. Rep. Bill Huizenga, MI-02, along with Reps. Carolyn Maloney, NY-14, Barney Frank, MA-04, and Jim Sensenbrenner, WI-05, announce legislation that will once again allow local job creators - especially manufacturers and service industries - to compete on equal footing for contracts with the federal government.
WASHINGTON, DC – Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), made the following statement today after the Senate defeated the nomination of Richard Cordray to head the CFPB.
WASHINGTON, DC – WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY) and Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) introduced legislation, the Indonesian Family Refugee Protection Act (HR 3590), that would give Indonesian citizens fleeing religious persecution an opportunity to reopen asylum claims that were denied solely for missing the one-year filing deadline for asylum in the U.S.. The legislation would allow these Indonesian citizens, many of whom arrived during a five-year timeframe (January 1, 1997 – November 30, 2002), the opportunity to reopen their claims during the two-year period following enactment.
WASHINGTON – Reps. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Louise Slaughter (D-NY), Spencer Bachus (R-AL) and Barney Frank (D-MA) today asked Raj Date, the acting head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), to study and report back on the impact of so-called ‘ability to pay’ rules implemented by the Federal Reserve before the CFPB took over implementation of the Credit CARD Act.
WASHINGTON, DC – Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), senior member of the House Financial Services Committee, today issued the following statement on the importance of Senate confirmation of Richard Cordray to lead the CFPB.
WASHINGTON, DC – Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), today issued the following statement upon release of the November employment data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics...
"Mr. Speaker, I rise today to oppose yet another attempt at rolling back workers’ rights, HR 3094, the Election Prevention Act. This assault on union employees is anti-democratic and harmful to the American middle class. Instead of legislation to create jobs and to grow the American workforce, the House Majority is attempting to undermine worker protections and put workers at risk.
New York, NY – U.S. Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), a member of the House Financial Services Committee and the Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit, released the following statement today upon the announcement by Congressman Barney Frank (D-MA), Ranking Member of the House Financial Services Committee, that he will not seek re-election in 2012.
New York, NY – U.S. Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) released the following statement today on the failure of the Congressional “supercommittee” on deficit reduction to reach a deal before the panel’s deadline this evening:
“My Democratic colleagues and I have long supported a balanced plan that would reduce the long-range deficit and strengthen our economic recovery. I had hoped for a deal that would have created budget stability for years to come -- but this deal needed to be fair and not consist overwhelmingly of cuts to programs that the most vulnerable Americans depend on, or are needed to help create jobs now,” Maloney said.
New York, NY - U.S. Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-Manhattan, Queens), former Congresswoman Elizabeth Holtzman, and New York State Assembly Member Brian Kavanagh (D-Manhattan) today urged the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to take action following a recent report in the American Journal of Public Health (attached) showing that women have a 47% greater chance of suffering severe injuries in car crashes than do men - even when wearing seat belts.